Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.
After two days of cases below 3,000, Ontario is reporting 3,326 new cases today. The seven-day average of daily cases across the province has decreased by 28 to 3,480.
In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 14 new cases to report, 1 new death, and 21 additional cases resolved, with the number of active cases across the region decreasing by 5 to 134.
Most of today’s new cases are in Toronto (968), Peel (572), York (357), Windsor-Essex (268), Niagara (165), Ottawa (144), Hamilton (107), Middlesex-London (102), and Waterloo (100).
There are double-digit increases in Durham (93), Halton (85), Simcoe Muskoka (80), Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph (57), Eastern Ontario (39), Huron Perth (29), Brant (29), Lambton (20), Thunder Bay (19), Southwestern (18), Chatham-Kent (17), and Grey Bruce (11), with smaller increases in Haldimand-Norfolk (8), Peterborough (7), Sudbury (6), and Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge (6).
The remaining 9 health units are reporting 5 or fewer new cases, with 3 health units (all in northern Ontario) reporting no new cases at all.
Of today’s new cases, 50% are among people 39 and younger, with the highest number of cases (1,240) among people ages 20-39, followed by 977 cases among people ages 40-59. With 3,593 more cases resolved since yesterday, the percentage of resolved cases has increased by 0.4% to 84.9%. The average positivity rate across Ontario has decreased since yesterday by 0.9% to 5.1%, meaning that 51 out of every 1,000 tests performed were positive for COVID-19 on January 13.
Ontario is reporting 62 new COVID-19 deaths today, including 29 in long-term care homes. Hospitalizations have decreased by 17 from yesterday to 1,657, with the number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs increasing by 3 to 388, and the number of patients with COVID-19 on ventilators increasing by 4 to 280.
A total of 71,169 tests were completed yesterday, with the backlog of tests under investigation increasing by 5,681 to 66,940. A total of 159,021 doses of vaccine have been administered, with 14,237 daily doses administered and 13,293 total vaccinations completed (i.e., both doses administered).
Due to the winter break and the remote learning period during the state of emergency, there will be no data to report for schools in southern Ontario until at least January 26. There are 35 new cases in licensed child care settings in Ontario, a decrease of 13 from yesterday, with 17 cases among children and 18 cases among staff.
In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 14 new cases to report, including 5 in Peterborough, 5 in Kawartha Lakes, 3 in Northumberland, 1 in Hastings Prince Edward. There are no new cases to report in Haliburton. None of the new cases reported today in licensed child care settings are in the greater Kawarthas region.
There is 1 new death in Northumberland, of a resident at Hope Street Terrace long-term care home in Port Hope.
An additional 21 cases have been resolved, including 7 in Peterborough, 7 in Kawartha Lakes, 4 in Northumberland, 2 in Haliburton, and 1 in Hastings Prince Edward.
There are currently 134 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, a decrease of 5 from yesterday, including 51 in Peterborough, 31 in Kawartha Lakes, 29 in Northumberland, 22 in Hastings Prince Edward (2 in Quinte West, 16 in Belleville, and 4 in Central Hastings), and 1 in Haliburton.
Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 459 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (403 resolved with 5 deaths), 328 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (274 resolved with 36 deaths), 315 in Northumberland County (281 resolved with 4 deaths), 39 in Haliburton County (38 resolved with no deaths), and 338 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (311 resolved with 5 deaths). The most recent death was reported in Northumberland on January 14.
The provincial data in this report is pulled from Ontario’s integrated Public Health Information System (iPHIS) at 12 p.m. the previous day. Data from local health units is more current and is usually reflected in the provincial data the following day. There may be discrepancies between the Ontario data reported today (which is from yesterday) and the local health unit data reported today (which is from today).
Peterborough Public Health
Peterborough Public Health’s service area is the City and County of Peterborough and the Hiawatha and Curve Lake First Nations.
The health unit provides daily reports, including on weekends, excluding statutory holidays.
Confirmed positive: 459 (increase of 5)
Active cases: 51 (decrease of 2)
Close contacts: 113 (decrease of 27)
Deaths: 5 (no change)
Resolved: 403 (increase of 7)
Hospitalizations (total to date): 19 (no change)*
Total tests completed: Over 40,300 (increase of 100)
Outbreaks: Community Living Trent Highlands group home in Peterborough, Fairhaven long-term care home in Peterborough (no change)
*As of January 14, Peterborough Regional Health Centre is reporting fewer than 10 patients hospitalized with COVID-19, with fewer than 10 patients transferred from other areas as a result of a provincial directive. The hospital is not providing exact numbers of patients.
Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit
The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit’s service area is the City of Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland County, and Haliburton County.
The health unit provides reports from Monday to Saturday, excluding statutory holidays.
Confirmed positive: 682, including 328 in Kawartha Lakes, 315 in Northumberland, and 39 in Haliburton (increase of 8, including 5 in Kawartha Lakes and 3 in Northumberland)*
Active cases: 61, including 31 in Kawartha Lakes, 29 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton (net decrease of 3)
Probable cases: 5, including 1 in Kawartha Lakes and 4 in Northumberland (net increase of 4)
High-risk contacts: 149, including 70 in Kawartha Lakes, 50 in Northumberland, and 5 in Haliburton (no net change)**
Hospitalizations (total to date): 29, including 19 in Kawartha Lakes, 9 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton (no change)***
Deaths (including among probable cases): 41, including 36 in Kawartha Lakes and 5 in Northumberland (increase of 1 in Northumberland)****
Resolved: 593, including 274 in Kawartha Lakes, 281 in Northumberland, 38 in Haliburton (increase of 13, including 7 in Kawartha Lakes, 4 in Northumberland, and 2 in Haliburton)
Institutional outbreaks: Hope St. Terrace long-term care home in Port Hope, Fenelon Court in Fenelon Falls, Island Park Retirement Residence in Campbellford, Maplewood long-term care home in Brighton, Caressant Care McLaughlin Road in Lindsay, Tower of Port Hope (no change)
*The health unit states that total counts and counts for individual counties may fluctuate from previously reported counts as cases are transferred to or from the health unit based on case investigation details and routine data cleaning.
**This total includes 24 high-risk contacts directly followed up through the Public Health Ontario contact tracing process that are missing the contacts’ county.
***As of January 14, Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay reports 5 patients are hospitalized with COVID-19.
****On January 13, the COVID-related death of a resident at Hope Street Terrace long-term care home in Port Hope was confirmed.
Hastings Prince Edward Public Health
Hastings Prince Edward Public Health’s service area is Hastings County (including Bancroft) and Prince Edward County.
The health unit provides daily reports, excluding statutory holidays.
Confirmed positive: 338 (increase of 1)
Active cases: 22 (no change)
Deaths: 5 (no change)
Currently hospitalized: 3 (no change)
Currently hospitalized and in ICU: 1 (no change)
Currently hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator (total to date): 0 (no change)
Resolved: 311 (increase of 1)
Tests completed: 34,106
Institutional outbreaks: Hastings Manor Beech Villa in Belleville (no change)
Province of Ontario
Confirmed positive: 228,310 (increase of 3,326)
Resolved: 193,814 (increase of 3,593, 84.9% of all cases)
Positivity rate: 5.1% (decrease of 0.9%)
Hospitalized: 1,657 (decrease of 17)
Hospitalized and in ICU: 388 (increase of 3)
Hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator: 280 (increase of 4)
Deaths: 5,189 (increase of 62)
Deaths of residents in long-term care homes: 3,092 (increase of 29)
Total tests completed: 8,714,916 (increase of 71,169)
Tests under investigation: 66,940 (increase of 5,681)
Vaccinations: 14,237 daily doses administered, 159,021 total doses administered, 13,293 total vaccinations completed (both doses)
For more information about COVID-19 in Ontario, visit covid-19.ontario.ca.
